GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| wrath | strong vengeful anger or indignation |
| clangor | a resounding clang or medley of clangs |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| indisputable | not disputable : unquestionable |